WASHINGTON -- The Federal
Election Commission has recently made public its final action on a matter previously under
review (MUR). This release contains only disposition information.

Specific
released documents placed on the public record within the following closed MURs are cited
following DISPOSITION heading. Release of these documents is consistent with the district
court opinion in the December 19, 2001, decision of AFL-CIO v. FEC, now
on appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Once an appellate decision is rendered,
the Commission will review documents related to cases released in the interim.

First General Counsels Report (dated February 8,
2002); Certification of vote by the Commission (dated February 20, 2002); General
Counsels Report #4 (dated May 23, 2003); Certification of vote by the Commission
(dated June 11, 2003); Conciliation Agreement; Statement of reasons of Commissioners Smith
and Toner;

*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:

1. Receipt of proper complaint

3. "Probable cause" stage

2. "Reason to believe" stage

4. Conciliation stage

It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take any action. The
FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a complaint. If a violation is found and
conciliation cannot be reached, then the FEC can institute a civil court action against a
respondent.